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Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 179, no. 3 | wednesday june 5, 2013
SUMMER TROJAN
Shadowboxer: lenka
releases another hypnotic
album, Shadows. PAGE 5
All in a row: women’s rowing
finishes fourth in the nCaa
championship. PAGE 12
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports
ColiSeum
By rosalie murphy
daily trojan
The California Science Center
Board of Directors could vote
today on the latest terms of the Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum lease
agreement with USC.
If approved by the Board, the
agreement would give USC full
managing rights at the state
historical landmark and guarantee
the University 70 percent of the
parking spaces in the Science
Center’s deck on 25 event days
per year (33 if the NFL uses the
stadium temporarily). It would
also extend USC’s lease from 2054,
the expiration date agreed upon in
a December 2012 plan, to 2111 — a
98-year deal.
Opponents of the deal spoke out
at public forums this week, saying
that the loss of parking would
take both revenue and visitors
away from the California African
American Museum, the California
Science Center and the Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles
County.
“It goes too far,” said Charmaine
Jefferson, CAAM’s executive
director. The state cut the
museum’s budget in half 10 years
ago, and since, CAAM has relied
heavily on revenues from the
Exposition Park parking lot, which
is owned by the state. She said the
state currency divides the parking
lot revenue among the museums,
and that giving USC the excess
revenue is “wrong.”
Under this lease, USC will pay
$10 — the standard weekday rate —
for each parking spot on each day
it controls the lot. But on special
event days, the state has been able
to charge as much as $16 for those
spaces. And if USC raises prices, it
can keep the profits, she said.
The leaders of all three
Exposition Park museums share
Jefferson’s concern that the lease
agreement is lopsided in USC’s
favor.
“[This deal] doesn’t adequately
ensure the cultural integrity of
Exposition Park,” said Kimberly
Potential parking revenue
prolongs lease negotiations
The California Science Center
held a forum to discuss pros
and cons of the leasing deal.
| see stADIum, page 3 |
joseph chen | Daily Trojan
trouble in the arena · USC hopes to lease the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but faces opposition from
those who believe the switch of parking spots surrounding the Coliseum to the school will be debilitating.
By sheridan watson
daily trojan
On Thursday, the California State Assembly passed a
bill that will raise the minimum wage, if approved by the
California state senate.
Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Watsonville) proposed the
bill, which will raise the minimum hourly wage from $8 to
$8.25 in the next year and to $9.25 by the year 2016.
This bill would let “our families provide for their
children, pay their bills and give them dignity and respect,”
Alejo said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Those against the bill argued that those who held
minimum wage positions were often young adults or those
using the job as a transition to a better one.
Peter Nordahl-Hansen, a rising senior majoring in critical
studies and a student worker at the School of Cinematic
Arts, thinks that the raise should only benefit those in need.
“I think in a fair and perfect system, the raise of the
minimum wage should apply to everyone within its
jurisdiction, regardless if you are a student or full-time
worker,” Nordahl-Hansen said.
Most Republicans oppose to the bill and many business
leaders feel that raising the minimum wage would force
them to cut jobs.
Nicholas Orchanian, a rising junior majoring in
chemistry, thinks the government already has too much
Students voice
support, worry
over min wage
A bill proposed by Democrats will raise
California’s minimum wage $1.25 by 2016.
| see mInImum, page 2 |
State
photo courtesy of steve cohn / usc university communications
Head of the class · Longtime supporter, benefactor and USC alumnus John Mork,
pictured with his wife Julie, will chair the Board of Trustees, replacing Edward P. Roski Jr.
adminiStration
By sheridan watson
daily trojan
John Mork will take over as the
chair of the USC Board of Trustees,
replacing Edward P. Roski Jr., USC
announced Monday.
Roski will step down after five
years as chair.
“For over a decade, USC has
benefitted enormously from John
Mork’s boundless energy and
passion for our academic mission,”
President C. L. Max Nikias told USC
News.
Mork, a B.S. ’70 and M.S. ’12
alumnus, and his wife Julie Mork
donated $110 million to USC in
2010 to provide scholarships to
low-income students at the school.
The Mork Family scholarships pay
full tuition plus $5,000 in living
expenses for 100 students each year.
In 2005, the couple donated
$15 million to the Viterbi School
of Engineering, naming the Mork
Family Department of Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science.
Mork to
head Board
of Trustees
The Energy magnate, who
donated $110 million in 2011,
replaces Edward P. Roski Jr.
| see mork, page 2 |

Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 179, no. 3 | wednesday june 5, 2013
SUMMER TROJAN
Shadowboxer: lenka
releases another hypnotic
album, Shadows. PAGE 5
All in a row: women’s rowing
finishes fourth in the nCaa
championship. PAGE 12
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports
ColiSeum
By rosalie murphy
daily trojan
The California Science Center
Board of Directors could vote
today on the latest terms of the Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum lease
agreement with USC.
If approved by the Board, the
agreement would give USC full
managing rights at the state
historical landmark and guarantee
the University 70 percent of the
parking spaces in the Science
Center’s deck on 25 event days
per year (33 if the NFL uses the
stadium temporarily). It would
also extend USC’s lease from 2054,
the expiration date agreed upon in
a December 2012 plan, to 2111 — a
98-year deal.
Opponents of the deal spoke out
at public forums this week, saying
that the loss of parking would
take both revenue and visitors
away from the California African
American Museum, the California
Science Center and the Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles
County.
“It goes too far,” said Charmaine
Jefferson, CAAM’s executive
director. The state cut the
museum’s budget in half 10 years
ago, and since, CAAM has relied
heavily on revenues from the
Exposition Park parking lot, which
is owned by the state. She said the
state currency divides the parking
lot revenue among the museums,
and that giving USC the excess
revenue is “wrong.”
Under this lease, USC will pay
$10 — the standard weekday rate —
for each parking spot on each day
it controls the lot. But on special
event days, the state has been able
to charge as much as $16 for those
spaces. And if USC raises prices, it
can keep the profits, she said.
The leaders of all three
Exposition Park museums share
Jefferson’s concern that the lease
agreement is lopsided in USC’s
favor.
“[This deal] doesn’t adequately
ensure the cultural integrity of
Exposition Park,” said Kimberly
Potential parking revenue
prolongs lease negotiations
The California Science Center
held a forum to discuss pros
and cons of the leasing deal.
| see stADIum, page 3 |
joseph chen | Daily Trojan
trouble in the arena · USC hopes to lease the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but faces opposition from
those who believe the switch of parking spots surrounding the Coliseum to the school will be debilitating.
By sheridan watson
daily trojan
On Thursday, the California State Assembly passed a
bill that will raise the minimum wage, if approved by the
California state senate.
Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Watsonville) proposed the
bill, which will raise the minimum hourly wage from $8 to
$8.25 in the next year and to $9.25 by the year 2016.
This bill would let “our families provide for their
children, pay their bills and give them dignity and respect,”
Alejo said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Those against the bill argued that those who held
minimum wage positions were often young adults or those
using the job as a transition to a better one.
Peter Nordahl-Hansen, a rising senior majoring in critical
studies and a student worker at the School of Cinematic
Arts, thinks that the raise should only benefit those in need.
“I think in a fair and perfect system, the raise of the
minimum wage should apply to everyone within its
jurisdiction, regardless if you are a student or full-time
worker,” Nordahl-Hansen said.
Most Republicans oppose to the bill and many business
leaders feel that raising the minimum wage would force
them to cut jobs.
Nicholas Orchanian, a rising junior majoring in
chemistry, thinks the government already has too much
Students voice
support, worry
over min wage
A bill proposed by Democrats will raise
California’s minimum wage $1.25 by 2016.
| see mInImum, page 2 |
State
photo courtesy of steve cohn / usc university communications
Head of the class · Longtime supporter, benefactor and USC alumnus John Mork,
pictured with his wife Julie, will chair the Board of Trustees, replacing Edward P. Roski Jr.
adminiStration
By sheridan watson
daily trojan
John Mork will take over as the
chair of the USC Board of Trustees,
replacing Edward P. Roski Jr., USC
announced Monday.
Roski will step down after five
years as chair.
“For over a decade, USC has
benefitted enormously from John
Mork’s boundless energy and
passion for our academic mission,”
President C. L. Max Nikias told USC
News.
Mork, a B.S. ’70 and M.S. ’12
alumnus, and his wife Julie Mork
donated $110 million to USC in
2010 to provide scholarships to
low-income students at the school.
The Mork Family scholarships pay
full tuition plus $5,000 in living
expenses for 100 students each year.
In 2005, the couple donated
$15 million to the Viterbi School
of Engineering, naming the Mork
Family Department of Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science.
Mork to
head Board
of Trustees
The Energy magnate, who
donated $110 million in 2011,
replaces Edward P. Roski Jr.
| see mork, page 2 |